Dialysis Facility Reports, State and Region Profiles, and the Quality Incentive Program.
The Dialysis Facility Reports (DFRs) and State and Region Profiles are created annually under contract to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide dialysis facilities, state surveyors, and regions with valuable information on patient characteristics, treatment patterns, hospitalization, mortality, and transplantation patterns in their facilities.
The end-stage renal disease (ESRD) Quality Incentive Program (QIP) is the first Medicare program that links provider or facility payments to performance, based on outcomes assessed through specific quality measures. These measures are important indicators of patient outcomes and at the core of medical management of ESRD patients.